Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu has said that India views Southeast Europe as a dynamic theatre of growth and innovation instead of a region that is on the margins, reported IANS.
“We meet at a critical juncture in human history. The geopolitical and economic centres of gravity are shifting. In this new era, India views Southeast Europe not as a region on the margins but as a dynamic theatre of growth and innovation,” President Murmu said during her address at the Assembly of North Macedonia in Skopje.
“We in India regard the Republic of North Macedonia not as a distant country but as an important pillar in the architecture of a stable, multipolar and prosperous global future,” she said. Highlighting that North Macedonia sits at the crossroads of this transformation, President Murmu called it as a “vital gateway” connecting the Mediterranean with central Europe and east with west.
“Our relationship was set in motion more than two millennia ago, the historic expedition of traders from this region of vital corridors for trade and philosophy and art connecting our early civilisations. Today this historical connection thrives from cultural synthesis. Your eastern tradition resonates deeply with India’s pluralistic ethos,” President Murmu emphasised.
She also mentioned India’s commitment to scaling up bilateral ties through trade and investment and highlighted India’s ancient philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ during her address.
